From yesterday’s Guardian: A group of super-rich entrepreneurs, models and pop stars are demanding tax breaks to encourage them to give billions more to good causes that tackle international poverty, disease and climate change. Under the plan half of all money donated through it would be deducted from an individual or company’s tax liability. It
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This from the Guardian this morning: Lobby group Tax Justice Network says up to 75 countries, including large states such as Belgium, Austria, Britain and even the United States, should be considered offshore centres and adds that tax authorities every year miss $250 billion out of $11.5 trillion of undeclared wealth stashed abroad. But matters
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World Bank Governors have approved a first phase of reforms to increase the influence of developing countries within the World Bank Group, including adding a seat for Sub-Saharan Africa to allow developing countries a majority of seats on the Executive Board, and expanding voting and capital shares. About time too, I say

These are my links for February 27th: Indian auditors asked to present signed-off accounts again – Accountancy Age – Do again See me 2/10 seems to be what Indian companies are saying to their auditors OK! Magazine: : Protesters target U2 over tax claims – Amazing Tax Justice is hitting Bono hard Rightly too –
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Mid Ocean News of Bermuda reports that: “SUPPORT has poured in this week following Sir John Swan’s call for Bermuda to embrace a role as a Mid-Atlantic Monaco – a haven for the rich to live tax-free while boosting our economy. However, those who approve of the former Premier’s plan to encourage wealthy foreigners to
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Willem Buiter writing for the FT says: There is the need and opportunity to close down all tax havens and regulatory havens.  Tax havens are defined as countries that have bank secrecy, which includes Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg as well as the usual micro-state suspects (bank secrecy or bank privacy is the legal principle according
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Swiss banking secrecy is being challenged again, this time in the United States.. Quite right too. The argument that it had anything to do with the Jews is, thankfully, fairly laid to rest here. Swiss banking secrecy was created to facilitate tax evasion. That is the beginning and end of it. That’s why it also
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I upgraded my blog software last night I am having considerable problems as a result With a little help I hope normal appearance posting will resume soon In the meantime apologies if things go awry occasionally

From Accounting Web: The AccountingWEB.co.uk blog round-up: Who to watch – 26 Feb 2009. The blogs to watch